An increasing number of patients ask me why I object to hyaluronic fillers for treating wrinkles on face and body. Just recently, I gave an interview to the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) on the topic of artificial fillers.
Why do I object to artificial fillers?
Artificial fillers are usually used for wrinkle treatment. Wrinkles are a sign that the skin is generally losing biological quality. When a wrinkle is treated with filler, the skin thickens at that particular spot. Since the surrounding tissue remains less thick, irregularities can be seen when facial expressions are made. Therefore, results obtained in this way are often unacceptable from a cosmetic point of view.
What is the alternative?
Instead of treating symptoms, I advocate treating causes. The loss of biological skin quality is a symptom of aging processes which can be counteracted. Using bioidentical hormones, stem cells from the body’s own fat and by taking special combinations of peptides and hyaluronic acid, skin quality can be improved.
I also call this “cosmetics from the inside out”. Tissue regains its volume and elasticity, wrinkles are smoothened, small wrinkles often disappear altogether, and the decisive factor is: The face has a completely natural appearance.
In my opinion, hyaluronic acid should be swallowed, and not injected!
How do I see the future?
Progress made in medical science means that in future “signs of aging” in the face, which are symptoms of deficiencies, debility of the organs or hormonal deficiencies will be increasingly considered as unacceptable.
This means that the mature face, full of vitality, will become the benchmark of attractiveness in the long term. People are living longer, and in the prime of life even after the age of 50. We will perceive life differently – instead of trying to recapture our youth in unrealistic ways, active aging will focus on natural ways of physical optimization and retaining vitality.
DDr. Heinrich, MD